Zurich
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZUR-ik
- Origin
- Celtic
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Zurich is a boys' name of Celtic origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Zurich mean?
Celtic: from the Swiss city, Roman Turicum, probably of Celtic origin
Taken from Zurich, Switzerland's largest city, known to the Romans as Turicum.
Is Zurich a girl's or a boy's name?
Zurich is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zurich in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Zurich, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Zurich in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zurich in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
Names like Zurich
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tadeo, Chozen, Zyaire, Onyx, Obi, Kairo, Kobe, Kaizen, Tatum, Zakai, Kenzo, Om
More Celtic names
Arthur, Imogen, Gael, Harvey, Alana, Alan, Tristan, Vienna, Lana, Alaina, Sabrina, Alanna, Bryce, Devon, Arturo, Alannah
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Zurich: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zurich, updated 20 October 2026.